Software facilitates production traceability.
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Built on ArchestrA industrial software architecture, Production Events Module for Industrial Application Server enables creation of applications to record production events, which are critical to understanding product and process history for reporting, quality, and product management. Manufacturers can use it to capture information on forward and backward genealogy of materials, as well as to identify which equipment and personnel were utilized in production.
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Wonderware Announces New Production Events Module for Production Traceability and Historical Data Management
LAKE FOREST, Calif., July 6, 2005 -- Wonderware, a business unit of Invensys Systems Inc., today announced the release of a new functional module for the Industrial Application Server called Production Events Module (PEM). This new module is designed to be scalable and to support manufacturers' production and performance standardization efforts across diverse control and supervisory systems.
PEM enables the creation of applications to record production events, which are critical to understanding product and process history for reporting, quality and product management. Manufacturers can also use it to capture information on the forward and backward genealogy of materials and create reports on this information. In addition, PEM can be used to identify which equipment and personnel were utilized in production and relevant production events. This information can then be related to a lot, batch or serial number.
The modular nature of PEM enables a scalable approach to building product genealogy and production historian applications. Applications that target specific production issues or regulatory requirements can be quickly and easily implemented for data gathering. The applications can also be easily expanded to accommodate system and functional expansions. These PEM features enable users to take an incremental and flexible approach to increasing application functionality as requirements evolve.
"While PEM can be applied across a variety of industries -- including automotive, electronics, metals, telecommunications, utilities, and oil and gas plants -- Wonderware has seen significant interest already from key customers in food and beverage," said Claus Madsen Abildgren, product marketing manager for PEM. "For food and beverage manufacturers who are faced with increasing governmental and institutional requirements for traceability, PEM facilitates a rapid, economical response to unforeseen production events, such as product recalls."
In addition to enabling manufacturers to fulfill regulatory requirements for documentation of products and production processes, the fact that PEM can record detailed and accurate information about what is happening to materials, products and processes also empowers manufacturers to determine true manufacturing costs per product. Customers also can improve production processes by more effectively using existing manufacturing resources. It can identify both the root causes of production losses and opportunities for increased profitability."
The Production Events Module for the Industrial Application Server is built on the ArchestrA industrial software architecture. This comprehensive industrial automation and information software architecture was designed from the outset to extend the life of legacy systems by leveraging the latest software technologies. PEM, similar to other Wonderware offerings built on the ArchestrA architecture, empowers decision-makers to achieve their business goals without abandoning prior investments in automation systems, production processes or intellectual property.
"PEM is a natural extension to the powerful plant model in the Wonderware Industrial Application Server," Abildgren said. "Wonderware is confident that PEM will further fuel the rapid adoption of the Industrial Application Server and its underlying ArchestrA technology simply because it reduces the effort and costs associated with designing, building, deploying and maintaining secure, standardized applications for product genealogy and production history."
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